Dinamo Zagreb won in extra time against Swiss Thun in the return match of the second qualifying round of the Champions League. They won 3:2 and closed in on Ukraine in the UEFA rankings. The coefficient of the Croatian league is closing in on Ukraine and is now in 23rd place. A higher ranking than 23rd place guarantees that the Croatian champion in the Champions League qualifiers will start from the second qualifying round.
Dinamo's passage to the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League has raised the coefficient of the Croatian league. The Croatian league is now in 23rd place and a higher ranking than 23rd place guarantees that the Croatian champion in the Champions League qualifiers will start from the second qualifying round.
Hajduk, Rijeka and Varaždin can increase the coefficient of the Croatian league. All three clubs enter the return matches in Thursday with a lead. Hajduk hosts in Limassol against Pafos with a 2:0 lead from the first match. Rijeka goes to Ireland against Derry City (1:0), and Varaždin will go to the Czech Republic on a visit to Jablonec (3:2).
Dinamo will play against the winner of the Kauno Žalgiris-Lithuania and Klaksvík-Faroe Islands double match in the next qualifying round.
